Anus spraying apparatus



March 1953 L. G. TROTTER ANUS SPRAYING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 4, 1948Leslie 6. Troffe/ ?atented Mar. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ANUS SPRAYING APPARATUS Leslie G. Trotter, San Francisco, Calif.

Application October 4, 1948, Serial No. 52,644

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in devices used in the interest of personal hygiene, moreparticularly, in the preservation of cleanliness of skin on certainportions of the human body and the principal object of the invention isto provide an apparatus of the character herein described, such as maybe conveniently and effectively employed for cleansing the anus and thesurrounding skin region after an intestinal evacuation, so that remnantsof the evacuated material are prevented from adhering to underclothingand creating highly unpleasant and unsanitary condi tions.

This object is achieved by the provision of an apparatus which ispositionable in a toilet bowl and includes means for spraying waterupwardly against the region of the anus of the occupant of the toiletbowl seat.

An important feature of the invention involves the provision ofcushioning and sealing means on the shell or housing of the apparatus,which means permits the shell to conformably engage the body of theoccupant and assure that the cleansing liquid, after performing itsfunction, is discharged into the toilet bowl rather than being deflectedor spilled in an undesirable direction.

Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of a controlvalve in the apparatus whereby the spraying of the cleansing liquid maybe easily and conveniently effected or discontinued.

Some of the advantages of the invention lie in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its adaptability for use in association with toiletbowls of various sizes and types, and in its adaptability to economicalmanufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the construction andarrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a toilet bowl and seat showing theinvention in association therewith;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially in the plane ofthe line 2-2 in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the invention per se.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings 2 in detail, the inventionconsists of an anus spraying apparatus designated generally by thereference character Hi, the same being intended for use with aconventional toilet bowl I2 including the usual seat [4.

The apparatus lfl embodies in its construction a substantiallyfrusto-conical shell Iii having open upper and lower ends, this shellbeing adapted for positioning in the bowl 12 by being secured as at l8to the lower end portion of an upwardly and outwardly extending supportbracket or strap 20, an intermediate portion of this bracket beingsubstantially horizontal as at 22 (see Figure 2) so that it may besupportably engaged by the seat l4 and thus assist in stabilizing theshell I6 in the bowl I2, as will be clearly apparent. Moreover, it is tobe noted that the lower edge 24 of the shell [6 rests upon the usualbottom partition 26 of the toilet bowl, substantially as shown.

The upper edge of the shell i6 is, in turn, equipped with what may bereferred to as an annular cushioning and sealing member 28, this beingpreferably formed from resilient material such as rubber, or the like,so that it may engage and conform to the contour of the body of a personoccupying the seat l4.

What may be referred to as a spraying ring 36 is supported by the innerwall of the shell l6 intermediately the height of the shell, theintermediate portion of the latter being outwardly bulged as at 32 so asto securely retain the ring 30 in position, as will be clearly apparent.

It is to be noted that the ring 30 is provided with upwardly directeddischarge openings or orifices 34, so that water admitted into the ring30 under pressure will be sprayed upwardly toward the region of the anusas indicated at 36, thus effectively cleaning the same. After the Waterthus discharged has performed its function, it will simply gravitatedownwardly through the shell [6 into the bowl, the cushioning andsealing member 28 preventing spilling of the water in undesirabledirections, as will be clearly apparent.

The water is delivered to the spraying ring 30 by means of a suitabletube, preferably a rubber hose 38, this being connected at one end to asuitable adapter which projects outwardly from the ring 30 through theshell 16, while the remaining end of the hose 38 may be connected in anyconvenient manner to the water main supplying the reservoir (not shown)of the toilet bowl l2, or the like.

A valve designated generally by the reference character 42 is associatedwith the hose 38, this valve preferably assuming the form of a pair ofhandles 44 which are pivotally connected together as at 46 and terminateat one end thereof in a pair of coacting jaws 48, the latter. in turn,being provided with a pair of substantially spherical or cylindricalpressure exerting members 50.

The handles 44 are mounted by means of their common pivot 48 upon abracket 52 which, in turn, is secured to an upper end portion of theaforementioned bracket 20, and a suitable spring 54 is provided on thepivot 46 and is operatively connected to the handles 44, whereby thepressure exerting members 50 are normally urged into a clamping orsqueezing engagement with an intermediate portion of the hose 38. Inthis manner, the flow of water through the hose 38 is normallyprevented, but by simply pressing the handles 44 together, the hose 38is permitted to resume its normal, tubular configuration and a passageof water through the hose into the spraying ring 34 is effected, as willbe clearly apparent.

Needless to say, as soon as the handles 44 are released, the spring 54automatically urges the members 50 into engagement with the tube 38,thus rendering the apparatus inoperative.

Finally, it may be added that the apparatus may be permitted to remainin the toilet bowl l2 and used in conjunction therewith, oralternatively, the apparatus may be employed in the nature of anattachment which may be applied to the toilet bowl for purposes ofspraying the anus after each intestinal evacuation.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, furtherdescriptien thereof at this point is deemed unnecessa-ry.

While in the foregoing there has been shown 4 and described thepreferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minorchanges in the details of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An anus spraying apparatus comprising an angulated strap including asubstantially horizontal intermediate portion adapted for supportableengagement with the seat of a toilet bowl and also including a slantinglower portion adapted to extend into the stated bowl, an open-endedvertical shell secured to the lower portion of said strap and adapted tobe supportably engaged by the bottom of the bowl, an annular sprayingmember mounted in the shell and having upwardly directed sprayingorifices, and a liquid supply pipe connected to said spraying member.

LESLIE G. 'IROTTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 856,468 Jacob June 11, 19071,507,578 Burns et a1 1. Sept. 9, 1924 1,575,220 Meyer Mar. 2, 19261,963,329 Hornell June 19, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date17,186 Great Britain Nov. 26, 1888 213,041 Germany Sept. 11, 1909502,700 Germany July 16, 1930 358,119 Italy Apr. 7, 1938

